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The financial services company slashes its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter.
Marqeta, Inc. (NASDAQ:MQ ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 4, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Stacey Finerman - Vice President, Investor Relations Simon Khalaf - Chief Executive Officer Mike Milotich - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Ramsey El-Assal - Barclays Darrin Peller - Wolfe Research Tien-Tsin Huang - JPMorgan Timothy Chiodo - UBS Sanjay Sakhrani - KBW Andrew Schmidt - Citi Andrew Bauch - Wells Fargo Operator Ladies and gentlemen, greetings, and welcome to the Marqeta, Inc. Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
Although the revenue and EPS for Marqeta (MQ) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Marqeta (MQ) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.06 per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to loss of $0.07 per share a year ago.
The fintech company's forecast fell short of prior guidance as some customers are moving to in-house solutions and others are reacting to heightened banking regulations.
Marqeta shares plummeted in extended trading on Monday after the company issued guidance that fell well short of analysts' estimates. The stock was already down 15% for the year prior to the report and has lost more than 80% of its value since peaking in 2021.
Card issuing platform Marqeta has a new chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer. Fouzi Husaini, a veteran of Amazon and Capital One, will play a key role in Marqeta's efforts to scale its AI organization, the company announced Monday (Sept.
The mean of analysts' price targets for Marqeta (MQ) points to a 38.1% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.
Marqeta is growing on the backs of various high-growth, innovative customers. Renewing its contract with Block has heavily skewed its underlying performance.
The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 35.5% in Marqeta (MQ). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.
Marqeta reported Q2 earnings that beat estimates, sending shares up 8% the next day. More importantly, Q2 is the turning point for Marqeta as its Block renewal contract is finally fully lapped. In the last four quarters, Marqeta recorded negative Revenue growth due to the Block renewal — that is about to change in Q3 and beyond.